Agenda
Thursday, December 1, 2011
7:30 – 8:30 Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 Introduction and Welcome to Conference
- Michael Thompson, PhD, Associate Dean, Marriott School of Business, Brigham Young University
8:45 – 9:15 Keynote Address: Driving Board Room Innovation
- Steven R. Walker, General Counsel, Secretary & Director of the Board Advisory Services, National Association of Corporate Directors
9:15 – 10:00 Keynote Address: Leading with Values
- Kim Cameron, Associate Dean, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
10:00 – 10:30 Network Break
10:30 – 11:45 Panel: Global Political and Economic Upheaval – Are You Isolating or Insulating Your Company?
- Moderator – Mark Bonham, Partner, Sagecreek Partners
- Panelist – Kirk Jowers, Member Caplin & Drysdale, Director Hinckley Institute of Politics
- Panelist – Les Brorsen, Senior Political Advisor, Ernst & Young
- Panelist – Joan Woodward, Executive Vice President Public Policy, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Former Executive Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Markets Institute, Former Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and Senior Economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch Keynote Address – Understanding the Digital Economy
- Clark Gilbert, President, Deseret Digital Media
1:00 – 1:30 Networking Break
1:30 – 2:45 Breakout I: Cyber and Social Media Risks – What Board Members Should Know
- Moderator – Spencer Hoole, Managing Partner, Diversified Insurance Group
- Panelist – Lauri Floresca, Partner, Woodruff-Sawyer
- Panelist – Janice Chaffin, Group President, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec
- Panelist – Tonia Klausner, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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1:30 – 2:45 Breakout II: Building a Board for Strategic Advantage
- Moderator – David Winder
- Panelist – Steven R. Walker, General Counsel, Secretary & Director of the Board Advisory Services, National Association of Corporate Directors
- Panelist – Bob Bench, Managing Partner, BayHill Capital
- Panelist – Todd Stevens, Managing Partner, RenewableTech Ventures
- Panelist – Satish Rishi, SVP & CFO Rambus; Board Member – Measurement Specialties Inc.
- Panelist – Karin Eastham, Professional Director
2:45 – 3:00 Networking Break
3:00 – 4:15 Breakout I: Dodd-Frank – Understanding the Regulatory Roadmap and the New Realities Of Corporate Governance
- Moderator – Ron Poelman, Partner, Jones Waldo
- Panelist – Josh Foukas, Assistant General Counsel and VP of Finance, USANA
- Panelist – Carol Beaumier, Vice President and Global Financial Services Leader, Protiviti
- Panelist – Steven R. Walker, General Counsel, Secretary & Director of the Board Advisory Services, National Association of Corporate Directors
- Panelist - Richard Blake, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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3:00 – 4:15 Breakout II: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – Yes, This is something Directors and Officers Need to Brush Up On
- Moderator – Jason Roberts, Protiviti
- Panelist – Jamon Jarvis, General Counsel, Nature’s Sunshine Products
- Panelist – David Rudd, Partner, Ballard Spahr, LLP
- Panelist – Susan Muck, Partner, Fenwick & West
- Panelist – John Springer, Director of Finance, Cadence Design Systems
4:15 – 5:00 Keynote Address: A Look Back Inside the Financial Tornado . . . Is there Another Bubble on the Horizon?
- George Feiger, CEO of Contango Wealth Management, Division of Zions Bancorporation, Ph.D Economics, Harvard University
5:15 Meet the Experts Cocktail Reception
Friday, December 2, 2011
8:00 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Address: What Directors and Officers Need to Know about Coming Changes in Tax Policy and Domestic Politics
- Joan Woodward, Executive Vice President Public Policy, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Former Executive Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Markets Institute, Former Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and Senior Economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget
9:00 – 9:45 Breakout II: IPO Comeback – Tales from New Issuers
- Moderator – Daren Shaw, Managing Director, Investment Banking, D.A. Davidson & Co.
- Panelist – Shawn Lindquist, General Counsel, Fusion-io
- Panelist – Mitch Edwards, GC CFO, Skullcandy
- Panelist – Howard Hochhauser, CFO, Ancestry.com
- Panelist – Steve Hobbs, Managing Director, Protiviti
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Breakout II: Shockproof – Innovating in Mature Industries
- Moderator – Kent Bowman, Partner, Tanner LLC
- Panelist – Todd Pedersen, CEO, Vivint
- Panelist – Scott Tanner, President, Winder Farms
- Panelist – Peter Metcalf, CEO, Black Diamond
- Panelist – Chet Linton, CEO, School Improvement Network
9:45 – 10:15 Networking Break
10:15 – 11:15 Keynote Address: Ethics, Expectations and Board Dynamics
- Brad Agle, Professor of Public Management, Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University
11:15 – 12:00 Keynote Address: Being an Effective Corporate Citizen . . . World Citizen
- Scott Anderson, President, Zions Bank
12:15 Conference wrap-up / adjourn SKI AFTERNOON

